Tagging-needle



(No'Moael.)

E. P. HUMMBL TAGGING NEEDLE.

No. 580,316. Patented Apr. 6, 1897.

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TAGGING- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Application filed March30, 1896.

T0 all whom it mfty conccrn:

Be it known that I, EDWARD P. HUMMEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at La Porte city, in the county of Black Hawk and State ofIowa, have invented a new and useful Tagging-Needle, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in tagging-needles; and it hasfor its object to provide a needle especially adapted for use in taggingdry goods and for other analogous purposes wherein simplicity ofconstruction and ease of manipulaton are desired.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a needleconstructed in acoordance with the present invention. Figs. 2 to 7 areviews illustrating the needle in the various steps of applying the tags.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe figures.

Referrin g to the drawings, 1 designates the body of ataperng roundedneedle,which may be formed of any desired material, and has at one enda'handle 2. The body 1 is provided With an elongated slot 3, adapted toreceive the tags, and having in one of its ends an enlarged transverseopening 4 of greater diameter than said slot,such opening being designedto permit the passage of the knots formed in the strings by which thetags are applied.

It will be observed that the slot 3 is of the same diameter throughoutand is of a length to equal the width of the tags, thus rendering thesaid slot free and preventing any obstruction to the tags,whereby thelatter may be easily and qhuickly'passed therethrough.

The operation of attaching the tags will be readily understood fromFigs. 2 to 7 of the drawings. In Fig. 2 the first step isillustrated,wherein the needle is shown as having been passed throughthe goods, and in Fig. 3 the tag is represented as having been insertedin the slot 3 of the needle. In Fig. 4 the tag has been withdrawn fromthe slot, together with the string, and the knot of the latter bearsagainst the body of the needle preparatory to drawing the same throughthe opening in the cloth, as illustrated in Fig. 5. Fig. 6 shows theneedle after it has been withdrawn, together with theknot in the string,and the tag as having been placed between OF LA FORTE, IOVVA.

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Patent NO. 580,316, dated April 6, 1897.

Serial No.` 585,452. (No model.)

the loop formed by the string. In Fig. 7 the tag has been drawn throughthe loop of the string and secured to the cloth, and all that remains isto remove the needle from the string. This is accomplished by giving theneedle a quick push, which oauses the knot in the string to move to theend of the slot wherein is formed the enlarged opening 4, and such knotpasses through said opening, thus leaving the tag fastened to the goods.

It will be noted that the needle tapers gradually from its heel end toits point, and that while the slot 3 extends as far toward the point asthe reduced diameter or thickness of the needle will permit thetransverse enlargement or widened end of the slot is located well backtoward the heel of the needle and at a point where said needle attainsits greatest diameter or thickn ess. This not only prevents the toogreat weakening of the needle, but the special advantage resulting fromthis arrangement resides in the fa-ct that the knot in the tag-stringlies near the point of the needle,where the needle is of reduceddiameter or thickness, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, so that the needlehaving formed an opening in the goods equal to its greatest diameter orthickness when wthdrawn will permit the point of the needle, togetherwith the knot in the tag-string, to readily pass through the same.

From the preceding description it will be seen that I have produced aneedle which is Very simple and inexpensive, and by the use of which theoperation of tagging goods and the like is rendered very quick and withgreat ease.

lflaving thus descrbed my inventiomwhat I olaim isl. A tagging-needlemade tapering from its heel end to its point and provided with alongitudinal slot extending in proXimal relation to the point of theneedle and from such point toward the heel end of the needle, the endofv the slot which is most remote from the point of the needle beingenlarged to form a transverse opening of greater diameter than the widthof the slot, substantiall y as and for the purpose described.

2. A tagging-needle made tapering from its heel end to its point andprovided with alon- IOO gitudinal slot extending from near the reducedpoint of the needle back to a relatvely thiekened portion Where saidslot is enlarged to form a, transverse opening, and a suitable 5 handlein which the heel end of the needle is received, the same being combinedand arranged substantially as descrbed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

EDWARD P. HMMEL. \Vitnesses:

D. O. HAUGER, CHARLES J. MILLER.

